Edward German: MERRIE ENGLAND
Book and Lyrics by Basil Hood
Cast
QUEEN ELIZABETH - Edith Furmedge
THE EARL OF ESSEX - George Baker
SIR WALTER RALEIGH - Dan Jones
LONG TOM - George Baker
BIG BEN - Dan Jones
BESSIE THROCKMORTON - Alice Lilley
JILL-ALL-ALONE - Nellie Walker
THE MAY QUEEN - Nellie Walker
KATE - lice Lilley
Clarence Reybould, conductor
Under the Supervision of Sir Edward German
Columbia (British) 78rpm Set 270 DB 478–483 (WA 11366-WA 11374)
Recorded March 18-19, 1931
Opening Chorus: The May Queen Comes
Columbia Light Opera Company
Oh, Where the Deer Do Lie
Nellie Walker
Quintette: Love is Meant to Make Us Glad
Alice Lilley, Nellie Walker, Dan Jones, George Baker, Robert Carr
She Had a Letter From Her Love
Alice Lilley
The Yeomen of England
George Baker
Long Live Elizabeth
Chorus
Oh, Peaceful England
Edith Furmedge
Finale Act I: What Say You, Girl
Nellie Walker, Edith Furmedge, Dan Jones, George Baker, Alice Lilley
Opening Chorus Act II: The Queen of May
Chorus
Quartette: In England, Merrie England
Alice Lilley, Nellie Walker, Dan Jones, George Baker
Duet: It Is the Merry Month of May
Nellie Walker, Dan Jones
The English Rose
Dan Jones
Waltz Song: Who Shall Say That Love is Cruel?
Alice Lilley
Solo with Trio: When Cupid First This Old World Trod
George Baker, Alice Lilley, Nellie Walker, Dan Jones
Finale: Robin Hood's Wedding
Alice Lilley, Nellie Walker, Dan Jones, George Baker